Legal

It’s finally happened ~ same sex marriages are now legal in California! I’d be seriously disgusted that it took this bloody long to become legal here, but I’ve decided to just be happy about it. And, I’m also pleased that I haven’t seen as much on the outrage front as one would expect. Everyone just seems happy. I’m not saying it’s not being apposed, but even at the fist marriage ceremony yesterday, the protesters remained quite.

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Want to download music for free legally? Check out merchantsoflife.com. Merchants of Life is an up and coming band that wants to share its music with the world. Every song available for download is free.

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Illegal music downloads have been major problem for artists and music industries. But now there is some respite for both since some companies have started offering services for free and legal downloading of music. This may sound amazing but it is actually true. A company which offers such a service and was launched recently is called Qtrax.

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Duane "Dog" Chapman was on CNN's Larry King Live tonight to discuss his recent flap with the press regarding his drug-addicted, ex-convict son's illegal taping of a private conversation in which Dog repeatedly used a racial slur. The A&E Channel's top-rated TV star of the show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, was sincere and repentant for his use of a word which is in common usage throughout America, specifically by the very people who pretend to be so offended by it. But I've already covered the reverse-racism inherent in the word in my earlier post.

You should have seen this friggin' "girlfriend"...

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Well, I guess you've heard about Duane "Dog" Chapman's latest scrape and oddly enough, this one is more threatening than the possibility of his going to Mexican prison (he isn't, by the way - they dropped the charges): this one could literally end his career, not just interrupt it! But interrupt it, it already has.

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Two 17-year old kids have been held in the shooting death of the 15-year old Canadian highschool student. One was arrested and the other turned himself in after his friend was apprehended.

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Yet another scary Internet episode in Tacoma, Washington:

Someone apparently posted an ad on the popular site, Craigslist, inviting people to come over and take whatever they want. Unfortunately, it wasn't posted by the homeowner...

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It appears that some people agree with my contention that those who contribute to a crime by influencing others are at least partially responsible.

The family of a woman who committed suicide after appearing on Nancy Grace's CNN talk show to discuss her missing son says she may have been influenced by Grace's harsh interrogation as to her whereabouts on the day her son disappeared. I'm inclined to agree.

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Sacha Baron Cohen is an asshole. He is not funny, he was never funny, he couldn't be funny if he had funny writers, a funny director, and funny co-stars; he's just a run-of-the-mill asshole, on a par with Howard Stern, Steve-O, and that bald guy who drinks too much and plays golf with your dad.

He used to have a completely humorless show on HBO called Ali G in which he duped serious-minded and sometimes important people, in attempts to make them look stupid. Now he has a movie that does the same to ADHD-minded and completely unimportant people. And, of course, it has topped the box office for the last two weeks in a row.

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[quote]PATERNITY TESTING or DNA TESTING is becoming nowadys very popular tool or an instrument to check about the right / illicit relationship between a child and her parents.

Legal battles in courts are daily feature now and Lawyers / Advocate decide the PATERNITY now rather than The Gods! I wonder.

Is PATERNITY TESTING is ethical, moral or legally battleable? These are the timestamps, which need to be debated and discussed, always.

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Mesothelioma is one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity at present, and one of the newest.

The problem was that it wasn't even diagnosed for years, and only after it became evident that asbestos insulation might have been the root cause.

The disease affects some 3,000 people annually, but the hype surrounding it seems to overwhelm some objective information about the affliction.

One clear fact emerging is that asbestos from old insulation in old buildings has been traced as a causative factor. But there is some controversy as to whether removal of the asbestos makes the environment even more dangerous than leaving the asbestos there, undisturbed. Indications are that old asbestos won't become powdered and dangerous until it gets kicked loose by a Hazmat-suited removal team.

Again, common sense, medical expertise and some legal help might be of some comfort in gaining compensation for suffering -- such as mesothelioma -- caused by asbestos insulation.

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There’s More Where This Came From

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I am ready to pull my hair out trying to look up Oregon traffic laws. I am not finding what I need. Can anyone out there help me before I go to court? I was ticketed in my own driveway and something doesn’t seem right about this.

Two Sundays ago my husband and I drove up to our house after getting dinner and renting some movies. There was a cop car blocking our driveway. We parked on the side of the street and turned our vehicle off. I looked over and they appeared to be leaving, so my husband restarted the car and pulled into our driveway and parked. NOTE: We never turned the headlights back on!

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